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William John McGRATH

Regimental number6025
Place of birthShoalhaven, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLengthsman
AddressInveragh, North Coast Line, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Next of kinWife, Mrs A McGrath, Inveragh, North Coast Line, Queensland
Enlistment date16 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, December 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/15/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
FateDied of disease 4 February 1917
Place of death or woundingEtaples, 1917 France
Age at death41.9
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialEstaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row D, Grave No. 11), FraNCE
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Kathleen MCGRATH; husband of Annie MCGRATH, Murrays Creek, Queensland. Native of Shoalhaven, New South Wales

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